Alias for "Laymch" name option

[Intuos5]

Is it possible to assign "CL" to the command Laymch with the option name as default? This is the way I set things up in Rhino and would like for the UI pop-up to be called each time I use the command.

[ВeekeeCZ]

Express Tools / Tools / Command Aliases / Add...

[Intuos5]

Then where do I specify the "N" [name] + "Enter"? I would like those to be part of the macro/ alias.

[ВeekeeCZ]

That's not possible with aliases.

For this, you can either have a tool on Toolpalette (simple, but run by a mouse click) or a keyboard shortcut (eg ctrl+alt+m).

Or a LISP. Ony this gives you the ability to create a command name (similarly as an alias)

[Intuos5]

So in that case, I would need to create an LISP and assign an alias to that. Though I am not familiar with LISP or programming in general, so I am hoping someone could lend me a hand.

[ВeekeeCZ]

So you want to just select objects, type a command, pick a target layer from a list?

[Intuos5]

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@ВeekeeCZ wrote:

So you want to just select objects, type a command, pick a target layer from a list?

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Yes, that's the desired workflow.

And I like that this dialog allows you to type in the layer, so by naming the layers with a number prefix, I type the number and hit enter.

[ВeekeeCZ · Accepted solution]

Use some of THESE methods to load a lisp...

(defun c:LaymchD ( / s)
  (if (setq s (ssget "_:L"))
    (progn
      (initcommandversion)
      (command "_.laymch" s "" "_n")))
  (princ)
  )

[Intuos5]

Thank you very much.

I may be missing something though, I changed the LISP name to ChangeToLayer, like so:

(defun c:ChangeToLayer ( / s)
  (if (setq s (ssget "_:L"))
    (progn
      (initcommandversion)
      (command "_.laymch" s "" "_n")))
  (princ)
  )

 Ran it through appload for the .lsp file, closed and opened autocad, reinitiated the .pgp, but it still won't find the command in _aliasedit. Sorry for such a basic question, but I cannot find an answer through searching... 😅

[ВeekeeCZ · Accepted solution]

It probably won't be there.

I think that you can simply type in the command name manually as it's not listed in the dropdown.

Anyway, you can also do this manually - as I always do. Click on the big "A" menu, type PGP, pick "Edit pgp.." and add your new alias to the very end of the file. Syntax is:

alias, *command name

better leave the last line empty.

Also, use the Start-up suitcase in the appload command to have your LSIP command always loaded.

[Intuos5]

Perfect, got it. Thank you very much, I'll be using this extensively 😄